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I've been meaning to address this for awhile now. I know the original ab plate needed some tweaking & now that I've come back to it fresh, I can see where some of the problems were. Pictured is the old plate rub n buffed, & the new plate in primer. Let me know what you think before I mold this up. I'll try to get to some digital overlays in the next couple of days unless someone else beats me to it

Also, for those of you that already own my chest armor set, this mod can be done without major surgery. I'll be posting a quick how-to if the mod gets general acceptance.

The edges are not extended, all of the reference material I have shows the sizing to be about right. It all comes down to proper placement of the armor plates & the curvarture of the ab plate. I only trimmed the top of the ab plate & reshaped it.

Guys, no need to replace your existing ab plates. I heated the original plate with a heat gun & flared the sides out some more. I guess when I shaped the original plate I shaped it over more of a ball shape

The biggest difference is in the height or tallness of the plate. I trimmed approximately 1/4" from the top & changed the angle. The original angle matched the chest plate but there should be a slight difference. I'll post some more measurments in the next couple of days so anyone who wants to do this can make the change.

Also, I did make a completely new plate that had longer side extensions & you can tell by looking at a side shot that it is not as accurate. I'll post pics of this as well for comparison.